August 10, 2005
Don't Jump!
You will have to forgive Yankee fans for acting a bit irrationally today. After all, who can blame them for being upset after watching Jose Contreras handcuff their lineup for seven plus innings as the White Sox won 2-1. When he was a Yankee, Contreras would probably have wilted under the pressure of a game like this, but wearing a different uniform seems to have had a positive affect on Jose.
You would think a 2-1 game would be all the excitement you would need on a summer evening, but one fan decided to make things more interesting by jumping from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. Scott Harper apparently told his friends he wanted to see if the net would hold his weight and then jumped. Gothamist does not recommend this and wonders if Scott had fully considered what would have happened if the net didn’t hold his weight.
The Yankees wrap up their series against the White Sox today with journeyman Aaron Small taking the mound. Small has been great for the Yankees in three starts and they will need him to continue to pitch well as there are serious doubts that Carl Pavano will return to the Yankees rotation in 2005.
Photo by AP via ESPN
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Wow - what a crazy bastard. Looks like they're going to try to throw the book at him at well, deservedly so. He could have killed someone, not just himself.
Could you imagine if that net broke and he fell through to the people below? What a complete idiot.
he must have been drunk. because there's no way a sober person is that stupid.
Maybe at Shea...
i was there
he WAS drunk! very drunk!
ahh, but his family could have sued yankee stadium for selling alcohol or not having electrified railings to keep impressionable adults from hurting themselves. a star was nearly born.
" hold my beer, watch this"
famous last words.
"DOUCHE-BAG!"
"DOUCHE-BAG!"
"DOUCHE-BAG!"
"DOUCHE-BAG!"
"DOUCHE-BAG!"
He's 18 and got that drunk at the Stadium? I'm just bitter because, at 28, I still get not only carded there but carded with massive attitude.
that's the most awesome thing i've ever seen. nice one. go sox!
If Yankees Stadium is guilty of selling alcohol to this kid, can they lose their liquor license?
he probably brought in a bottle of booze with him
go sox!
the way the season is going, can you really blame him?
i bought beer at the stadium when I was 16 with a color copy of my photoshopped drivers license (on simple paper) in the plastic see-thru thingie in my wallet. The lady in the section 30 concession stand said I looked like a little baby, but served me anyways. I later booted near the subway platform after the game. Moral of the story be, i dont know, but it was awesome at the time.
go sox!